Taylor Prism
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The Taylor Prism is a clay Assyrian royal inscription that records King Sennacherib’s military campaigns, including his siege of Jerusalem, and serves as a key artifact for studying Neo-Assyrian history and its intersection with biblical accounts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyrian royal inscription
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Neo-Assyrian artifact ⓘ clay prism ⓘ cuneiform inscription ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sennacherib Prism
NERFINISHED
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Taylor Cylinder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Book of Isaiah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | ancient Near Eastern inscription ⓘ |
| collection | British Museum Middle East Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| condition | well preserved ⓘ |
| createdInReignOf | Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | circa 691 BCE ⓘ |
| depicts | military campaigns of Sennacherib ⓘ |
| describes | Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Colonel Robert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1830 ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation | Nineveh region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | royal annals ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inscribedBy | Assyrian royal scribes ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian ⓘ |
| length | approximately 38 centimeters ⓘ |
| material | baked clay ⓘ |
| mentions |
Hezekiah, king of Judah
NERFINISHED
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fortified cities of Judah ⓘ tribute from Hezekiah ⓘ |
| museumId | Rassam Cylinder series (Taylor Prism) in British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfColumns | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfSides | 6 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | royal propaganda ⓘ |
| records |
Assyrian campaigns in the Levant
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campaigns against Babylon ⓘ campaigns against Judah ⓘ tribute and booty taken by Sennacherib ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Jerusalem Prism of Sennacherib
NERFINISHED
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Oriental Institute Prism of Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left horizontal lines ⓘ |
| shape | hexagonal prism ⓘ |
| significance |
extra-biblical reference to the siege of Jerusalem
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important for studying Assyrian–biblical correlations ⓘ key source for Neo-Assyrian history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ |
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